Supporters of criminal justice reform jammed the Statehouse again on June 19. Many of them paused to take a photo of the U.P. “End Mass Incarceration” banner at the State House entrance, where we directed people inside to the Jobs NOT Jails Rally.

As you are aware, the #Black Lives Matter movement gained national recognition in 2014 in the wake of fatal encounters between white police officers and black citizens in Ferguson, Missouri, and other communities. This past week juries either acquitted police officers or deadlocked in criminal...